Senior Enterprise Systems Analyst, Procurement

Chan Zuckerberg Initiative•Redwood City, CA

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) is seeking a Senior Enterprise Systems Analyst, Procurement to join their Operations team. This role will focus on streamlining, securing, and optimizing Procure to Pay management processes using Workday and Coupa. The analyst will collaborate with Procurement, Finance, and Accounting Operations teams to gather and analyze business requirements, translate them into technical specifications, ensure compliance with IT security standards, and implement solutions. The Operations team is a key partner in enabling CZI's mission to solve disease and build AI infrastructure for learning, working at the intersection of innovation and scale.

Requirements

8+ years of demonstrated, hands-on experience in Workday configuration, implementation, and support (Required)
2+ years of Coupa Procurement functional design, implementation and support experience in a rapidly scaling organization.
Strong understanding of Procurement, Source -to -Pay (S2) and Inventory process.
Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
Experience working in cross-functional, enterprise environments with multiple stakeholders.
Demonstrated ability to manage projects, workstreams, and competing priorities.
Ability to distill and simplify complex business requests into clear and actionable projects, with a proven ability to navigate ambiguity and to persevere through project road bumps.
Strong interpersonal skills to establish strong partnerships with business stakeholders and technology teams.
Organized, methodical, and detail-oriented, with a passion for data analysis and problem-solving, leveraging organizational awareness to empower others to accomplish project objectives.
Comfortable taking on additional job responsibilities as needed, demonstrated willingness to get involved in the details to achieve the team's end goals.
Security and compliance awareness for enterprise data management.

Nice To Haves

Functional Implementation Consulting experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

Lead business requirements analysis by building strong partnerships and through collaboration with Procurement, Finance, Accounting, and cross-functional stakeholders.
Gather, analyze, and refine complex business requirements, translating multifaceted needs into actionable plans aligned with enterprise objectives.
Drive requirements documentation and prioritization, developing detailed business and functional requirements, including user stories and use cases.
Evaluate and prioritize initiatives based on business impact, risk, compliance, and technical feasibility.
Create comprehensive documentation, support training initiatives, and drive adoption of systems and processes across the organization.
Design solutions by translating business requirements into technical specifications, considering out-of-the-box/best practice application configuration options.
Oversee end-to-end solution implementation, including development, testing, and deployment.
Define integration and testing strategies, coordinate UAT, and ensure solutions meet business and operational objectives.
Manage projects and workstreams, leading short- to mid-range projects with multiple dependencies and stakeholders.
Develop project plans and timelines, monitor execution, and communicate progress across the full lifecycle.
May guide team members, and support knowledge sharing and capability development across the team.
Analyze issues across programs, products, and operations, developing scalable solutions and driving resolution of integration challenges and system constraints.
Continuously learn new features and trends within the Workday and Coupa ecosystem, recommending potential enhancements to the system.